![]() Give each student 3 different cubes to eat and tell them to identify the fruit or vegetable they are eating with their eyes closed (working in partners will facilitate this process).Teacher tip: Check students’ allergy information before selecting the fruit and vegetables. Spear each piece with a toothpick ( HINT: a different colour toothpick for each fruit will prevent confusion).Cut them into small cubes so they all look the same (ensuring that you know which is which). Remove the peel or skin from the apples, pears and potatoes.Why is it difficult to taste your food when you have a cold? Identify and explore the five basic senses.Ħ pieces cubed pear (with peel/skin removed)Ħ pieces cubed potato (with peel/skin removed) Outline how the body’s taste buds detect different tastes. Also, our sense of smell becomes stronger when we are hungry.Įxplore the connection between different senses. This is why, when our nose is blocked, as by a cold, most foods seem bland or tasteless. All other flavours that we experience come from smell. Without our sense of smell, our sense of taste is limited to only five distinct sensations: sweet, salty, sour, bitter and the newly discovered “umami” or savory sensation. Our sense of smell in responsible for about 80% of what we taste. Because the nose and throat essentially share the same airway, chewing some foods allows aromas to get the nose through the back of the mouth even when the nostrils are closed. However, nose plugs did not completely block all ability to taste. Researchers have found that when volunteers wore nose plugs, their sense of taste was less accurate and less intense than when they tasted the food without the nose plugs. Does that mean smell contributes as much or more to taste as the taste buds? ![]() We do not taste food as well when our heads are stuffy and our noses are clogged. We know that some things affect taste, and having a cold is the most familiar example. ![]() Taste is truly a sensory bonanza, but is it totally limited to the tongue? ![]()
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